First Step Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
Supporting male survivors of sexual abuse and rape, and their loved ones
Service Manager – (30 hours per week worked Monday – Thursday)£35,745 FTE (Pro rata 0.8FTE – £28,596)Location: Leicester City Centre premisesWe are looking for a Service Manager who will be the public face of First Step and is accountable for the achievement of its strategic aims and business plan as set by/agreed with the Board […]
Our offices will close for the Christmas holidays from 8pm on Thursday 23rd December 2021, giving our team a much needed break after another challenging year. However, we know that the impact of trauma rarely keeps to office hours. Even at the best of times, the Christmas holidays can be challenging for some. During a […]
Prior to Covid-19 First Step provided only face-to-face sessions.We are delighted to have survived through the first lockdown in March 2020 and, within 2 weeks, we were able to move all clients who wished to continue their support onto telephone or zoom counselling.Getting onlineThis required a new series of policies and procedures to be put […]
Over the last 12 months First Step have secured new funding from the Big Lottery and the Ministry of Justice and we are expanding our services. We are now seeking individuals to strengthen our board as we grow our services and organisational infrastructure. You need to be passionate about seeing men move on from the […]
Rosie, one of our wonderful volunteers, is raising essential funds for our charity by running the Leicester Half Marathon on Sunday 14th October 2018. She says: Historically, male survivors of sexual abuse or rape have rarely disclosed, but First Step has a core principal that everyone has the right to respect, to be believed, and […]
Chester Bennington’s death sent shock waves across the world, but male sex abuse victims may find strength through his life. Many fans are shocked and heartbroken over the loss this week of Chester Bennington, the fierce lead singer for the rock band Linkin Park. Police say they are treating his death as a possible suicide, […]
The Leicester Mercury is working with Leicestershire Police and Warning Zone on the Safe Online campaign. One of the aims of the project is to help Warning Zone raise £250,000 to take its online safety message to more of Leicestershire’s children and young people. The Frog Island charity is unique to our county and largely […]
Paedophile hunters should leave the job to the police, Detective Inspector Shaun Orton says. Detective Inspector Shaun Orton, who leads Leicestershire Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Unit, (Polit), says he is growing increasingly exasperated by the activities of a growing band of online investigators. A number of groups are operating across the country. Some have been […]